The best part about the whole show was Jason Couch absolutely trashing 2 handed bowling.

I thought it was quite entertaining (except for the boxing style entrances and announcing).

I also really enjoyed having current competitive bowlers on the mic because they really, really know what they are talking about.

Congrats to Belmo - I was thrilled to see him win. (and to see Rash lose )

The bowlers on tour who don't like it can deal with it.  Although, I feel that most have the utmost respect for his talent, they don't need to wine about him having the biggest pocket.  WRW may have had the world's smallest pocket and he still won the most titles ever, so, there's that.

The fact that Jason averaged over 240 through the TOC is an obvious testament to his ability transition through stringing strikes, and that's damn impressive.

Didn't they just throw that match together because they had the TV time, etc and were supposed to have another Chris Paul celebrity thing?  I know Patrick Allen was bummed because he was gonna get paid to bowl in it.  I think they cancelled it because CP3 was injured.

Best part was getting to listen to Barnes. Best communicator and most knowledge in the sport.

You can bet that if Belmonte was throwing something made in Kentucky, Couch and Jones would not be bitching about 2-handers.

Loved Couch's outspokeness on two handed bowling.  Tommy Jones agreed with him but he was more tactful.  Barnes wants to be a broadcaster so he was the most PC about it but he wasn't that enthusiastic about the two handed style either.  Belmonte was shoved down ours and the touring players' throats by the USBC and the PBA.  Still not seeing the two handed "revolution" they were hoping for.  At practice the other day there was a teen boy who was trying to throw it two handed.  I gave him some tips about what he was doing different from what Belmonte does.  I said its an interesting style but if you want to bowl as you get older you would be better off learning how to throw the ball like Pete Weber.  He said he would watch tapes of Weber and compare the two styles and make a choice.  Hope he goes Weber style.

I thought the Clash was well done.  This should give the PBA some new ideas for tv formats.  Instead of a 4 person tv finals doing a stepladder; why not do a situation like they did for Team USA Trials?  Have 2 guys bowling on one pair and the other 2 bowling on another pair simultaneously?  They do 2 game matches with total pinfall moving on to the final where you take the 2 winners of those matches for the Championship. 

I, too, would like to see more Clashes in the future.  Heck, maybe instead of doing team events outdoors for a Summer Swing; each week you have a clash of two different bowlers with the winners of each show getting together the last week for a Final Clash. I am curious as to what the ratings were for that Clash last week.

I didn't mind the clash, but they have to figure a way to exploit other rivalries.  The Belmo v Rash is getting old.  They just happen to be 2 of the best bowlers in the PBA right now and they supposedly don't like eachother (I think they overplayed that a bit on the telecast though it was maybe more true during the whole "bottlegate" incident.)

I think it was maybe Couch that brought it up, but fans of the PBA don't want to see these guys all the time, we see them enough on telecasts as it is.